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Pictured: John Voth. Photo by Ron Reed. Jessica Kim The Chronicles of Narnia is more “classic” than any other works frequently discussed with it, such as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, which were written decades later. It shows that it has withstood the test of time- and still more than relevant today. I

Pictured: Tallulah Winkelman as Sister Aloysius. Photo by David Newham. A Guest Review by our Mainstage 2017 Director, Samuel Jing “What do you do when you are not sure…” are the memorable opening words to John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt – and exactly what ran through my mind as I walked into Vancouver’s historic Penthouse nightclub

Pictured: Matthew Rhodes and Sophia Paskalidis as Claudio and Hero. Photo by Javier Sotres. Jessica Kim It’s hard to go wrong with Shakespeare. The story and the script is guaranteed after the test of many decades, and tickets will sell. But while it’s hard to fail, it’s even harder to nail. How can you make

Pictured: Jalen Saip and Paige Louter. Photo by Riun Garner. Jessica Kim I always don’t know who to relate to when it comes to teenage coming-of-age stories. None of the stereotypes fit me or my high school friends, and their issues seem unrealistic. Perhaps it’s the exaggeration of the American high school stereotypes or my strange

Pictured: Linden Banks as Krapp. Photo provided by Seven Tyrants Theatre. “Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn’t want them back.” Jessica Kim Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett explores the different people

Pictured: France Perras as Germaine Lauzon. Photo by Tim Matheson. “My life is shit and it always will be… This stupid rotten life!” Jessica Kim Germaine Lauzon (France Perras) wins one million- one million(!) Gold Star stamps that can be traded for anything on the catalogue. When she invites her sisters and neighbors for a

Ivonne Zhao SELF-ish tells a simple story: it follows the internal monologue of one Korean-Canadian woman, Esther Jin (Diana Bang), as she copes with the loss of her father. From the onset, too, it seems rather unfussy – the entire 60-minute play is a one-woman show run by Diana Bang, performed with simple lighting, a

Jessica Kim Somebody said: Hey, let’s do a little mini acrobatic circus show, but with only mattresses and men in tights as our equipment! So, this show was born. Josh Green, the creator and star of the show says it’s “a powerful message about procrastination… what if you fed it and it turned into something

Jessica Kim “Darling. Are you here all day? All day? Marvelous!” This show was nothing like I thought it would be, and by that I mean literally. I mean, if I actually read the press release beforehand I would’ve known, but where’s the fun in that? Yes, this was a “play” about a man with